One of the best things about living in Auckland, New Zealand is that the country never fails to surprise. Today I saw a shark for breakfast. At the inner city beach – Bucklands Beach – where I live. I was running along (read jogging interspersed with walking/hobbling) the beach front when one of the…

The first in a weekly series of How to Blog posts A few friends and I were having a few wines the other day and the question came up, as it often does, about how to blog. More specifically how to get started, how often to post, where to publicise your scratchings and how to…

Here’s to those of us who wake too early. Who slip back into sleep after waking with the 3am panics only to find themselves exhausted and shaking at 5am. Who admit defeat. Who get up. And sit in the quiet lounge. So quiet. Even the birds haven’t got out of the nest and brushed their…

“She said ‘smart casual’ ” my son advised with a solemn face. I nodded but my interior monologue taunted me with: ‘she may as well have said ‘tidy’ for all the help ‘smart casual is.’ I mean; what does smart casual mean if not something different to everyone? Not wishing to lose my son’s respect…

Review – advertising feature Over the past five nights the VegemiteVix clan have been going through a little foodie experiment – we’ve been trialing My Food Bag. I first heard of My Food Bag when they launched last year/early this year (I can’t remember which) in a tweetnami of hashtag hysteria with every name that…

One of the hardest thing about working from home is the juggling. Not so much the juggling of kids and clients, with the teens pretty much taking care of themselves these days. No, it’s the juggling of energy levels and timing. Strictly speaking I worked all weekend and haven’t had a break since the weekend…

It was a busy week last week culminating in a whirlwind weekend down in Wellington presenting BlogCamp. I am now exhausted.com So instead of wittering on, as I typically do when I’m overtired, I thought I’d let you into a few things I’ve learnt over the week. 1/ Timing is everything – If the car’s…

This blogging thing is funny, cyclical. Sometimes dog-eat-dog. But always entertaining. And one of the most entertaining discussions in the blogosphere is the discussion about what to call non-male members of the community who are contraceptively challenged as Mrs Woog defines them. Love that woman. They are bloggers, yes. Most are proud to be called…

I’m running around like crazy this morning trying to get everything sorted for my sortie to Wellington at sparrow’s fart tomorrow morning. I’m holding BlogCamp Wellington on Saturday and I’m really looking forward to catching up with old bloggy friends and make new ones. If you’re in the area and you want to come along,…

Had a phone call early this morning. That’s never a good sign, and this morning wasn’t an exception. She’d done it again. She’d seized her opportunity and made a run for it. Recalcitrant girl. I wonder if the fact that it’s exam time, made any difference at all? Did she know? Is that why she…